fallásach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish fallásach, from fallás (“fallacy”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]fallásach (genitive singular masculine fallásaigh, genitive singular feminine fallásaí, plural fallásacha, comparative fallásaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fallásach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fallásach | fhallásach | fallásacha; fhallásacha² | |
| Vocative | fhallásaigh | fallásacha | ||
| Genitive | fallásaí | fallásacha | fallásach | |
| Dative | fallásach; fhallásach¹ |
fhallásach; fhallásaigh (archaic) |
fallásacha; fhallásacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fallásaí | |||
| Superlative | is fallásaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- fallásacht (“fallaciousness”)
Descendants
[edit]- →⇒ Yola: falsakeen
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fallásach | fhallásach | bhfallásach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fallásach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fallásach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fallásach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm